Inspired by the zeal of the Venerable Fulton Sheen, a man who lived life to the fullestEly Segura
I wonder where I've been all this time, as I didn't know Archbishop Fulton Sheen until relatively recently. It wasn't until I arrived in Chicago in 2019 that his name began to ring a bell. One ...
Migration stories: Cardinal Humberto MedeirosViolet Hurst
In anticipation of the upcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sept. 27, the Archive Department is collaborating with the Office of Multicultural Ministries to share a series of historical migration ...
Memento moriGreg Erlandson
I wonder if you can tell the age of a person by the number of dead people's phone numbers he still has saved on his phone? It could be like judging the age of a tree by the rings on its core. A young ...
Being authentically pro-lifeMichael Reardon
Which is more important: the Incarnation or the Resurrection? This was the basis of a recent conversation with a friend, who also happens to be a priest. After some back and forth, reflection on Church ...
Parents, please stop tormenting your kids for clicks!Elizabeth Scalia
"Bad times, hard times, ... We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times" (Sermon 30, St Augustine). In my youth I knew a mother who played cruel "jokes" on babies. With a little one seated ...
Peter's path amid stumbling blocksDeacon Greg Kandra
Jer 20:7-9 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Rom 12:1-2 Mt 16:21-27 Honestly, you can't help but think: This was not on Peter's bingo card. There he was, the appointed leader of the apostles, trying to ...
The abnormal abortionKatie Yoder
At the end of every March for Life I see them: Dozens of women in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington holding up signs that read, "I Regret My Abortion." They share their stories each year with ...
Early 20th-century archdiocesan Department of Education recordsSavannah Miller
The Archive Department is currently processing a number of collections from the Department of Education, now known as the Catholic Schools Office in the Archdiocese. We began by looking at the oldest ...
I brought a heart full of fury with me to Mass. I left it there.Elizabeth Scalia
Small sparks of feeling that become all-consuming conflagrations can happen at any time, even, sadly, as one is preparing for Mass. I write, of course, from experience. The details aren't important. ...
The Canaanite woman and welcoming foreignersDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 This Sunday, one thing becomes clear: God really doesn't check passports or papers. That is one of the messages of this Sunday's ...
